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Victoria Viaduct – Cox Green Footbridge loop from Washington Wetland Centre

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Victoria Viaduct – Cox Green Footbridge loop from Washington Wetland Centre

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Victoria Viaduct – Cox Green Footbridge loop from Washington Wetland Centre

01:28

5.59km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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914 m

Penshaw Quarry Tunnel

Highlight • Historical Site

In the 19th century, there were quarries established to the south of the river Wear near Penshaw and this tunnel connected a quarry to staithes on the river to enable the shipment of stone towards Sunderland and beyond.

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1.25 km

Victoria Viaduct

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Longer, higher and older than its more famous neighbour, Chester Burn Viaduct in Chester-le-Street, Victoria Viaduct is a grand, Grade II-listed structure. Familiar to walkers hiking along the picturesque River Wear, the viaduct was built as a railway bridge in 1838 and is 810 feet (247 m) long and 156 feet (48 m) high.

The four main arches are huge, with one spanning a whopping 160 feet (50m). Only an arch on the Ballochmyle viaduct in Scotland can boast a greater extent among Britain's classic railway viaducts. Passenger services ceased in the 1960s, with freight hanging on a little longer. Today, the trains are long gone and the viaduct is even closed to pedestrians.

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2.43 km

Fatfield Bridge

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A bridge built in 1890 on the River Wear linking Penshaw with Fatfield just south of Washington

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3.01 km

Unmarked Path Near the Viaduct

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Route far more beautiful than on the main bridleway not marked on maps.

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4.47 km

Cox Green Footbridge

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Also intriguing coffee place and a pub at Cox Green

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4.65 km

Cox Green Footbridge

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Wonderful little stopping point if you are on the C2C route heading towards Sunderland. You have to come off the route just after James Steel Park and cross a Wonderfull iron bridge across the wear, if you don't now the area its pretty easy to miss but if you're good with navigation you should easily find it. Theres not really that much there but its with checking out if you're passing by. The oddfellow arms is a decent pint and the beer garden in the summer is superb.

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4.71 km

The New Plough

Highlight • Cafe

5.19 km

Coxgreen Gill

Forest

5.59 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.45 km

1.58 km

1.35 km

212 m

Surfaces

4.13 km

1.07 km

322 m

< 100 m

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Saturday 4 July

18°C

15°C

55 %

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Victoria Viaduct – Cox Green Footbridge loop from Washington Wetland Centre

Penshaw Quarry Tunnel

Victoria Viaduct

Fatfield Bridge

Unmarked Path Near the Viaduct

Cox Green Footbridge

Cox Green Footbridge

The New Plough

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